Nov. 22, 2024 By Colum Motherway Jenifer Rajkumar, a Democrat currently representing the 38th Assembly district, which includes the neighborhoods of Glendale, Ozone Park, Richmond Hill, Ridgewood and Woodhaven, officially kicked off her campaign to be New York City’s next Comptroller. A coalition of hundreds of supporters from all five boroughs came out to…
Tag: richmond-hill
City applies for extensive cleanup of Richmond Hill development prior to construction of new school
Sep. 3, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The New York City Office of Environmental Remediation (OER) has applied for an extensive cleanup of the development at 120-30 Jamaica Ave. in Richmond Hill before construction of a new school begins. The 32,497 square-foot development contains a 4-story manufacturing building, a 2-story former retail/office building currently being…
Woman stabbed multiple times at Queens subway station: cops
Jul. 29, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon Police in Queens cuffed a man who allegedly stabbed a 23-year-old woman multiple times inside a subway station in Queens on Sunday night. Law enforcement sources said the incident occurred on the mezzanine level of the Jamaica-Van Wyck station on the E line in Richmond Hill at around 8:30…
Cyclist sought for endangering the welfare of a child in Richmond Hill: NYPD
Jun. 21, 2024 By Bill Parry
Police from the 102nd Precinct in Richmond Hill are looking for a cyclist who rode up alongside a 9-year-old girl and tried to engage her in conversation at around 8 a.m. on Thursday, June 13.
Queens murder-suicide leaves two men shot dead, woman seriously wounded: cops
Jun. 9, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki
Queens detectives are looking for answers behind a horrific murder-suicide on Saturday night that left two people dead and another seriously wounded.
Richmond Hill Schools and NYPD Precincts secure major funding in Council Member Schulman’s Participatory Budgeting
May. 21, 2024 By Anthony Medina Council Member Lynn Schulman has announced Richmond Hill High School, P.S. 62Q Chester Park School and the NYPD as the winners of nearly half a million dollars each in capital funds for improvement projects through Participatory Budgeting. Schulman, who represents Richmond Hill residents in the city council, announced the…
Read More
Queens baby shower shooting: Police identify murder victim as search continues for killer who wounded three others
May. 5, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki
Police have identified the man shot dead during a shooting at a Queens baby shower early on Saturday morning that left three others seriously wounded.
FDNY rescues two residents from three-alarm house fire in Richmond Hill Wednesday
Apr. 24, 2024 By Bill Parry and Lloyd Mitchell
The FDNY had a massive response to a three-alarm house fire in Richmond Hill on Wednesday morning.
HOLI FUN! Hindu festival brings a burst of color during Phagwah Parade in Queens
Apr. 7, 2024 By Dean Moses
Queens came alive Sunday in an array of colors and joyous dancing for the 36th Phagwah Parade that drew hundreds of jubilant attendees.
Richmond Hill High School partners with New York Sun Works to launch Hydroponics Lab, cultivating sustainability education
Apr. 6, 2024 By Anthony Medina Richmond Hill High School has taken the next step in helping students understand the value of sustainability with a newly installed Hydroponics Lab, where the possibilities of growing more plant life without using soil are explored. New York Sun Works, a non-profit organization dedicated to teaching the science behind…
Read More